You can thank the government of 17so-in-so for the grid-like structure in the Midwest. As they were trying to control the rate of expansion in the West at that time, they partitioned off, I think, 36x36 acre land plots for buyers. That's why the entire Midwest from where you live out to Washington state and all the area in between is predominately square-shaped. I love my history class. I seem to be retaining knowledge from it. :)
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Date: 2005-11-07 09:29 pm (UTC)